Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 178-182 , October 2008

The role of regional anesthesia in patient outcome: orthopedic surgery

  • Alain Borgeat, MD

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    • Corresponding Author InformationAddress reprint requests and correspondence: Alain Borgeat, MD, Department of Anesthesiology, Balgrist University Hospital, Forchstrasse 340, CH-8008 Zurich, Switzerland

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doi: 10.1053/j.trap.2008.09.007

Techniques in Regional Anesthesia & Pain Management
Volume 12, Issue 4 , Pages 178-182 , October 2008

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